TAVi Health Blog

One of the benefits of being a member of the TAVi Health team is that I have loads of healthy living motivators at my figertips. You may think after developing our challenges we would want nothing more to do with them. But that's not the case at all.

I've found that they serve as wonderful motivators for the whole family. Currently, my wife and I are participating in the Go challenge, while my two boys are taking part in Unwrapped. It's fun to be involved in healthy living activities together, and my boys LOVE the competitive aspect of it all.

This isn't the first time we've given a TAVi challenge a shot as a family. In the past we've done the 50: Celebrating America challenge and a handful of others. What I've learned from this exercise is that the behaviors recommended in our challenges are every bit as applicable to children as they are to adults. My hope is that I am helping to develop fitness and healthy eating as a habit in my children so it becomes "part of the routine" as they grow into adults.

For you, that serves as evidence that if you are only offering our materials to you employees, you may be missing a great opportunity to futher impact the bottom line as they relate to health care expenses. Because you don't pay a per participant fee for our challenges, you can stretch your investment even further by opening up registration to family members. The added benefit is that when you have an entire family unit participating, you take advantage of the synergy and give the employee the added motivation of practicing healthy living cooperatively.

Among the challenges that are most family-friendly are Unwrapped, 50: Celebrating America, and Love Your Mother - which is available at a $30 discount when you order by March 31, 2010. 

If you haven't opened registration to family members before, it may be worth a try. You may be surprised at how many more lives you can impact!

In good health,

Andrew